Experts aren't always right and can be proven wrong by those not in the field. This is why information literacy is crucial, to debate and understand. Science requires an idea and replication of the results. There are many studies that are flukes, methodology is wrong/bad, or that find unintended results. A great example is medication. There is a blue pill that was made for blood pressure. Turns out, it can give ya a boner.
That is an unfair description of religion. For example the great angelic doctor Thomas Aquinas was quite willing to explore any new idea. In fact he would state them in their strongest terms - often better than their proponents - in order to analyse them logically and fairly.
You got it. Just in my lifetime I’ve seen treatment for stomach ulcers change from surgery to antibiotics.
yep.
Exactly.
Experts aren't always right and can be proven wrong by those not in the field. This is why information literacy is crucial, to debate and understand. Science requires an idea and replication of the results. There are many studies that are flukes, methodology is wrong/bad, or that find unintended results. A great example is medication. There is a blue pill that was made for blood pressure. Turns out, it can give ya a boner.
That is an unfair description of religion. For example the great angelic doctor Thomas Aquinas was quite willing to explore any new idea. In fact he would state them in their strongest terms - often better than their proponents - in order to analyse them logically and fairly.